century

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n. 世纪, 百年

发音

UK /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/
其它
UK /ˈsɛnt͡ʃɹi/
CA /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/
US /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/
AU /ˈsen(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/
NZ /ˈsen(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

centuries 复数 centuries

别名

cent ct. centry C c.

教材释义与例句

名词

世纪，百年；（板球）一百分

one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ's birth

the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century

讲述世纪初一个小农场生活的故事

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

    世纪

    Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

    Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond

  2. 2.

    A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

    Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion

  3. 3.

    A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

  4. 4.

    A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

  5. 5.

    A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

    体育 游戏

    He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries.

    They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4.

  6. 6.

    A score of one hundred points.

    体育 游戏

    That was his tenth professional century.

  7. 7.

    A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

    体育
  8. 8.

    A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

    美国 非正式

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

hundred c 100

上位词 3

period period of time time period

下位词 1

quattrocento

部分词 5

decade decennary decennium half-century quarter-century

整体词 2

millennium millenary

相关短语

century egg 皮蛋 century plant 龙舌兰纤维 century plants century break century breaks century eggs century year century years century of humiliation 百年国耻 triple century turn of the century adj. 世纪之交的 of the century long nineteenth century short twentieth century short 20th century

词源

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

来源：wiktionary